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Carolina Stories

Ken Donny-Clark stands in a forest.

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Hunting for hemlocks

Kristina Hefferle wearing a headlamp and purple rain jacket crouches beside a leaf-strewn stream in a forest, searching among rocks and leaf litter for salamanders.

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Seeking salamanders

Bill Starling stands in front of the Kenan-Flagler Business School.

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Honoring a mentor

Marisa Marraccini smiling for a photograph

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Program to create improved social media resources for adolescent mental health receives C. Felix Harvey Award

Phone screen with social media apps and a finger selecting an app.

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Tackling crisis of teens and screens

UNC Makerspace employees taking a RYOBI training via video call.

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A greater toolkit

Tim Willson stands with arms crossed with lab equipment in the background.

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Bringing the dark proteome into the light

Samantha Meltzer-Brody sits outside at a patio table with a cup of coffee.

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Improving child and adolescent mental health

Dante Pittman poses outside with hands on hips and whirligigs in the background.

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Strengthening North Carolina’s local governments

Doctor at desk with head in hands.

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STEPPS to address physician stress

Doctoral student Kaitlyn Morrell poses in front of a blackboard that shows physics equations.

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The Quantum Many-Body Problem

Ilana Shtivelman in front of the UNC Veterans Resource Center.

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Serving veterans through social work